A Study In Colour

Very smart clean vinyl housed in a good cover.

As far as pop groups went in 1960s New Zealand, they didn’t get much better than Auckland 5 piece Larry’s Rebels.

Hard working and electrifying live, they were adept at everything from bluesy rave ups to poppy soft psych and most everything between. The group had seven hits during a 22 month period between 1967 and 1969, with some of their well chosen cover versions bettering the originals and their self penned songs remaining an integral part of New Zealand’s pop culture.

The group nucleus of John Williams, Nooky Stott and Terry Rouse started playing gigs while still at school. Larry Morris joined in late 1964 and then Viv McCarthy in April 1965, making this April 2015 the 50th anniversary of this most iconic line up of the group.

Largely compiled from long lost master tapes, A Study In Colour highlights both the group’s rougher R 'n' B roots on Side One and their later Pop Psych material on Side Two.